Praise God! Praise God, O my soul!

As long as I live I’ll sing praise to my Maker.

Do not put your trust in human leaders,

in mortals who cannot save you.

When they stop breathing, they return to the earth;

on that day their plans perish.

Those whose joy knows no bounds

find their help and their hope in God.

God made the heavens and the earth,

the seas and all they contain.

God keeps faith, deals out justice,

and gives food to the hungry.

God sets the prisoners free

and opens the eyes that are blind.

- Psalm adaptation from Iona Abbey Worship Book, revised edition.